João Rui Guerra da Mata

The word panchão was first heard in Macao. From the Chinese pan-tcheong or pau-tcheong, dictionaries define it as a Macanese regionalism also known as China cracker. Who inhabits the ancient IEC Long firecracker factory? (imdb)

Co-directed by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, this a mysterious addendum to The Last Time I Saw Macao. The Joãos again employ film-noir tropes in a story of a woman gone missing, but this time the Asian-tinged game is set in Portugal's biggest Chinatown area of Varziela. Mahjong sees both directors making onscreen appearances, with Guerra da Mata, and his hat, assuming the lead role. (viff)

Documentary about the differences and similarities between Macau from the 70s and the proeminent powerful economic country of these days. (mubi.com)

Francisco gets a phone call in the night of August 25th 1988, date in which a fire took over the neighborhood of Chiado in Lisboa. The flames from the past invade his room.

February 2011 at the Red Market, Macau's famous food market. Two directors, a common look. The gestures and the routines, between life and death. A symphony of slaughter. In memoriam Jane Russell (June 21, 1921--February 28, 2011). (viff)

China walks towards the Martim Moniz district, in Lisbon. When she passes the children scream: "China, China!". China is going to fly. To escape far away at dawn. She just wants to be happy. But China drinks her own poison. She drinks it all. Sometimes the air seems loaded with evil and the purgatory is a kindergarden.